Yield spreads on EMU government bonds

Economic Policy

Volumn , Issue 37, 2003, Pages 503-532

  Codogno, Lorenzo ^a   Favero, Carlo ^b   Missale, Alessandro ^c  

^a Bank of America   (United Kingdom)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION; FINANCIAL MARKET; FISCAL POLICY; SAVINGS;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242369007     PISSN: 02664658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0327.00114_1     Document Type: Article

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